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AboutaContemporaryThomisticMetaphysics
atraditionalist.Butanyway,hebecamethisChurchauthority,and
finallytherewasabreak,arevolt,againstthatauthorityinmanyfields,
sotheyoungphilosophersjustmovedaway,andweretrainedinall
kindsofotherthings,andThomismwentdownveryprecipitously
duringthattime.
ItisnowonderthatSt.Thomas’metaphysicsisnotgoingtobe
popularwiththeprofessionalphilosophers.Itrequiresquiteabitof
trainingofgettingbackintothatmedievalspirittoseewherehestarted
from,andthey’renotwillingtodothat.However,Ithinkthestudents
aremoreandmorelookingformoresyntheticvisionsofthewholeso
itisquietlycomingbackasoneoption,onekindofalternativevision,
whichtheymightliketolookat.
Andalsowesee,thattheThomisticmetaphysicsandphilosophyis
comingbackthroughthedoorofethics.PeoplelikeAlistairMacIntyre
whohasbecomeaconverttoCatholicismfinallyandhasattackedall
themodernanalyticethicsandhasputouthisownbooks,andfinally
oneonthreewaysofdoingethics,KantandAristotle,andwhereheis
optingforSt.Thomasasthebestwaytodoit.HestudiedSt.Thomas,
andhe’sbringingitbackthroughethics.Soalotofpeopleareslowly
comingtothemetaphysicsofhumannatureandofbeingthrough
ethicsbecausetheyseethelack.
P.Mazanka:Couldyousayalittlebitmoreaboutyourinternational
scholarly-researchcontacts?HaveyoumetwithPolishphilosophy?
Prof.Clarke:Oh,yes.AtthelovelyLublinschoolofphilosophy
withKarolWojtyla,bringingtogethertheoldmetaphysicsandthe
newphenomenologyattheLublinschoolwasatremendousschoolof
philosophy.Iamtremendouslygratefultothatschool,especiallyto
prof.mieczysławKrąpiec.
P.Mazanka:Havingthepleasureoftalkingwithaphilosopher,itis
difficultnottoaskwhichphilosophersandthinkersinthelonghistory
ofphilosophyyouconsiderthemostvaluable,orprizethemost.
Prof.Clarke:IprizePlato,forgivingusallkindsofrichquestions.
Plato,Aristotle,Plotinus.St.Augustineinsomeway,and,aboveall,
